The Last Don ( Mario Puzo's The Last Don )

The Last Don (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Mario Puzo's The Last Don
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
262 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Graeme Clifford

Written By:
Mario Puzo
Joyce Eliason

Actors:
Danny Aiello ..... Don Domenico Clericuzio
Joe Mantegna ..... Pippi De Lena
Daryl Hannah ..... Athena Aquitane
Jason Gedrick ..... Cross De Lena
Penelope Ann Miller ..... Nalene De Lena
Rory Cochrane ..... Dante Clericuzio
Robert Wuhl ..... Bobby Bantz
k.d. lang ..... Dita Tommey
Kirstie Alley ..... Rose Marie Clericuzio
David Marciano ..... Giorgio Clericuzio
Christopher Meloni ..... Boz Skannet
Seymour Cassel ..... Alfred Gronevelt
Burt Young ..... Virginio Ballazzo
Cliff De Young ..... Senator
Dennis Boutsikaris
Michelle Burke ..... Claudia De Lena (as Michelle Rene Thomas)
John Colicos ..... Eli Marrion
Michael Massee ..... Jim Losey
Conrad Dunn ..... Lia Vazzi
Mike Starr
David Gianopoulos ..... Petie Clericuzio
Tim Redwine ..... Young Cross
Daniel Mastrogiorgio ..... Vincent Clereuzio
Quinn Duffy ..... Silvio Clereuzio
Ramona Milano ..... Ceil Ballazzo
Lark Voorhies ..... Tiffany
Badja Djola ..... Sharkey
Bruno Campos ..... Jimmy Santadio
Emily Hampshire ..... Young Rose Marie
Noah Shebib ..... Young Dante
Cecilley Carroll ..... Young Claudia
Stacy Rae Klein ..... Young Ceil
Diane D'Aquila ..... Sophia Ballazzo
Vincent Pastore ..... Fuberta
Nick Corello ..... Tommy
Sarah Stavrou ..... Fotene
Lauren Dahl ..... Maya
Joseph Ruskin ..... Don Santadio
Rashida Jones ..... Johanna
Peter Radon ..... Italo Santadio
Vincent Bruni ..... Fonsa Jantadi
Tony Amendola ..... Sicilian Mayor
Zitto Kazann ..... Sicilian Driver
Poppi Monroe ..... Marcie Warren
Chloe Clifford ..... Bethany
Howard Hoover ..... FBI Agent
Tom Melissis ..... Prosecutor
Jeff Clarke ..... Policeman
Carson Durven ..... Homeless Witness
Laurie Fraser ..... Female Witness
Vito Rezza ..... Restaurant Owner
Frank Bongiorno ..... Sierra Caretaker
Perla Walter ..... Ascension
George Simonelli ..... Casino Manager
Suzanne Dunn ..... Awards Reporter
Charles Perez ..... Awards Committee
Carter Spohn ..... Athena's Security
Jamison Ryan ..... Jerry
Michael Spagnoli ..... Soldier #1
Jody Racicot ..... Clereuzio Soldier
Emmett Miller ..... Police Reporter #1
Penny Griego ..... Police Reporter #2
Jamison Spann ..... Jerry
Carter Spahn ..... Athena's Security
Gil Amaral ..... The Hearse Driver
Shannon Marketic ..... Christie Vanguard (uncredited)
Rocco Salata ..... Thug / Bodyguard (uncredited)

Synopsis:

Sprawling Mario Puzo novel about an Italian family of gangsters draws the inevitable comparison to 'The Godfather', but does find its own direction. Headed by Don Domenico Clericuzio (Aiello), the family executes a rival gang on the night of the Don's daughter's wedding, including her new husband, the son of his rival. Unfortunately the daughter (Alley) gets pregnant and the repercussions of the night drift into the future. Spanning 1964-1985, the film jumps forward with the growing up of the grandson (Cochrane) who has grown ruthless and scheming. A co-rival in the family is a nephew (Gedrick) who has been raised to take his father's (Mantegna) place in the family as a hitman and has established his place by assassinating a man who killed a Senator's daughter. However, he is proven to not be ruthless enough and moves into the family's casino business in Vegas. When the nephew falls in love with a beautiful actress (Hannah), everything is set in place for the grandson to set up a coupe to take over the family.

The story line of this TV miniseries is chock-full of all the familiar elements that make up a bestseller--power, money, sex, murder, gambling, madness, fame, Hollywood, loyalties made and broken. The story proper begins with a little Romeo and Juliet when Rose Marie, daughter of Don Domenico Clericuzio (Danny Aiello), falls for the youngest son of the warring Santadio family. On their wedding night, Rose Marie's new husband and the entire Santadio family are slaughtered by the Clericuzios to avoid further conflict between the two families, and Rose Marie goes completely insane and grows up to be Kirstie Alley. But not before she gives birth to another Santadio, Dante (so named because he has to live in Hell), in whom she invests all her hatred for her own family. So he grows up to be a psychotic hitman, played with sly and sadistic ingenuity by Rory Cochrane. The Clericuzios' chief executioner, Pippi (played with smooth aplomb by Joe Mantegna), is responsible for killing Rose Marie's husband, and wants his own son, metaphorically overburdened with the name 'Cross,' to follow in his footsteps. The sins of the fathers are visiting all over the sons in this picture, and naturally the two kids will have to resolve this inheritance. The acting is the main attraction here. Aiello in particular invests The Don with a stately grace that is just right.

Mario Puzo's best-selling novel come to life in this epic saga of America's most powerful crime family. Danny Aiello stars a Don Clericuzio, the wise and ruthless leader of an empire where the price is blood.

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